Opal (Thorson) Matye, of Great Falls, a retired postmaster, died of natural causes Tuesday, Sept. 6, at a local hospital.
Opal was born in Great Falls to Edward and Ethel Thorson on Oct. 13, 1925. Raised in the Monarch/Hughsville area, she married Harold K. Matye of Sand Coulee on Nov. 30, 1946.
Opal worked as a clerk at the Monarch post office and, in 1963, was appointed postmaster, serving in that position until she retired in 1992.
Survivors include a son, 2 daughters-in-law, 2 grandsons, a granddaughter, 4 great-grandsons, a sister, and a brother.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold "Kelly" Matye in 1986; son Harold "Ed" Matye in 2004; parents Edward in 1958, and Ethel in 1993; and sisters Charlotte Bowman in 1990 and Dorathea Kimbrel in 2000.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on Sept. 7, 2011
Opal was born in Great Falls to Edward and Ethel Thorson on Oct. 13, 1925. Raised in the Monarch/Hughsville area, she married Harold K. Matye of Sand Coulee on Nov. 30, 1946.
Opal worked as a clerk at the Monarch post office and, in 1963, was appointed postmaster, serving in that position until she retired in 1992.
Survivors include a son, 2 daughters-in-law, 2 grandsons, a granddaughter, 4 great-grandsons, a sister, and a brother.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold "Kelly" Matye in 1986; son Harold "Ed" Matye in 2004; parents Edward in 1958, and Ethel in 1993; and sisters Charlotte Bowman in 1990 and Dorathea Kimbrel in 2000.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on Sept. 7, 2011
Opal (Thorson) Matye, of Great Falls, a retired postmaster, died of natural causes Tuesday, Sept. 6, at a local hospital.
Opal was born in Great Falls to Edward and Ethel Thorson on Oct. 13, 1925. Raised in the Monarch/Hughsville area, she married Harold K. Matye of Sand Coulee on Nov. 30, 1946.
Opal worked as a clerk at the Monarch post office and, in 1963, was appointed postmaster, serving in that position until she retired in 1992.
Survivors include a son, 2 daughters-in-law, 2 grandsons, a granddaughter, 4 great-grandsons, a sister, and a brother.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold "Kelly" Matye in 1986; son Harold "Ed" Matye in 2004; parents Edward in 1958, and Ethel in 1993; and sisters Charlotte Bowman in 1990 and Dorathea Kimbrel in 2000.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on Sept. 7, 2011
Opal was born in Great Falls to Edward and Ethel Thorson on Oct. 13, 1925. Raised in the Monarch/Hughsville area, she married Harold K. Matye of Sand Coulee on Nov. 30, 1946.
Opal worked as a clerk at the Monarch post office and, in 1963, was appointed postmaster, serving in that position until she retired in 1992.
Survivors include a son, 2 daughters-in-law, 2 grandsons, a granddaughter, 4 great-grandsons, a sister, and a brother.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold "Kelly" Matye in 1986; son Harold "Ed" Matye in 2004; parents Edward in 1958, and Ethel in 1993; and sisters Charlotte Bowman in 1990 and Dorathea Kimbrel in 2000.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on Sept. 7, 2011
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